Is This New???

[Sudsyone]

Anyone buy a "new" CO2 cylinder from beverage elements? I could care less how it looks quite frankly, but looks like a used cylinder just resurfaced. See pic

 

[BradleyBrew]

I've bought tanks and kegs off of Beverage Elements and have been happy wiht my purchases. Who knows how this tanks are stored until purchased. My bet is they are palletized, shrinked wrapped, shipped (from who knows where) and then repackaged to you. Some minor cosmetic damage is probably almost to be anticipated.

 

[Sudsyone]

I get that if it was listed as used or reconditioned. This was listed as brand new though on eBay. I am certainly going to give them a positive rating and 5 stars across the board. Just curious how it is listed as new as it looks like reconditioned.

 

[ChefRex]

In you picture below the 7s looks like the date starting with 05 but i can't read the year which would be the next two digits, this is the date of mfg, in NJ you are good for 5 years before retesting, not sure if it's state to state or Federal

 

[Sudsyone]

Good eyes! It says 05A13, so does that mean May 2013? What does the A mean?

 

[ChefRex]

Brand new, mine also have an A in the middle, the tank that has been retested has a smaller a followed by 347 so i don't know what that means but your good to go.

 

[Sudsyone]

Great, just strange how the cylinder looks like it was machined on the body of the cylinder to make it "look" new. Or does new mean that it has been recertified with newer date and the cylinder isn't actually new. Sorry for the questions, never bought a co2 before.

 

[Sudsyone]

Think I just answered my own question that cylinder isn't new, but has been tested making it new in may of 2013.

 

[blaster_54738]

All aluminum co2 tanks I have seen are "machined" as you say on the body, new or used so that's not a good indicator...

 

[txjoe]

Think I just answered my own question that cylinder isn't new, but has been tested making it new in may of 2013.

If that is the only date on the tank, then it is the date of manufacture. Old dates are not removed. New ones are simply added. Here's a website on deciphering the markings. http://www.catalinacylinders.com/markco2.html

 

[mpcluever]

If the only date stamp is from May of this year, it's a new tank. All the aluminum tanks I've ever seen have the same machined body like that. I don't see anything in the pic that shows it's used.

 

[Sudsyone]

Well, seems like the jury rules, this is indeed a new cylinder as it only has one date stamp from May and has a machined body typical of a new tank. Thanks for helping a noob!

 

[mblanks2]

When I worked in a machine shop they would bring in "Investment Castings" They were parts that were cast of molten metals to be very close in size and shape to what the intended outcome was to be. In the shop our programs to the mills and lathes were designed with this in mind and we machined the critical areas and the non-critical areas were left untouched. These tanks may be made the same way. Just a thought.

 

[Sudsyone]

Great info.^^^^^^^thank you! Learning something new everyday on HomeBrew